← Explore on the interactive map

Siege of Ishiyama Hongan-ji

Type Event Region East Asia Time 1570–1580

From 1570 to 1580, Oda Nobunaga besieged the Jodo Shinshu armed forces entrenched at Ishiyama Hongan-ji in Osaka;…

Timeline

  1. 1570Ishiyama Hongan-ji · OsakaAfter breaking with shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Oda Nobunaga marched against Ishiyama Hongan-ji. Abbot Kennyo rallied followers to armed resistance, supported by western daimyō such as Mōri Terumoto, and the siege began.
  2. 1575–1579Osaka Bay coast · KinkiIn the 1570s, Oda forces built forts around Hongan-ji and cut supplies, while rival navies clashed repeatedly in Osaka Bay. The Mōri navy delivered grain to the temple while the Oda side gradually squeezed its room to maneuver; battles such as the 1578 construction of Yūraku's fort intensified the stalemate.
  3. 1580Ishiyama Hongan-ji · OsakaIn 1580, under imperial mediation, Kennyo agreed to withdraw from Ishiyama Hongan-ji, and the temple's forces relocated to Kii. Nobunaga's decade-long siege ended, with the Osaka fortress falling under his control, laying the foundation for the later construction of Osaka Castle.

Sources